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Environmental Sciences Quiz 210 (60 MCQs)

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1. The logical way of thinking about the world and the study of the how's and why's behind it.
2. Earth's thin outer layer
3. A rock's ability to allow the flow of water through it is called
4. Receives direct sun rays
5. Scientists hypothesize that a super continent existed 200 million years ago. This continent is called
6. Which is a health problem directly connected to air pollution?
7. Developing Country
8. Scientists used planes and high-altitude balloons to look for predicted correlations between altitude and the levels of CFCs and chlorine monoxide. This is an example of a(n)
9. These days we have ..... on mobile phones and in cars.
10. Many antibiotics are derived from chemicals that come form this group
11. Which of the following lives attached to hard surfaces?
12. Which of the following is most likely a characteristic of a developing country?
13. The approximate world population is
14. ..... is the Earth's second most abundant gas.
15. Which type of environmental scientist is most likely to study the effects of air pollution on asthma?
16. Right after the damage, many animals will migrate into a natural disrupted area.
17. Water beads up on the surface of a penny because of what property?
18. What layer of Earth is made of solid metal?
19. What describes the outer core?
20. The GEOSPHERE starts at the ground and extends all the way down to earth's core. We rely on the geosphere to provide natural resources and a place to grow food. Volcanos, mountain ranges, and deserts are all part of the geosphere. Without the geosphere, there would be no Earth!What does the prefix "geo" mean?
21. The air in the desert has ..... humidity while the air in the tropical rainforest has ..... humidity.
22. Where does the Mississippi River begin?
23. When the wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone, the enire ecosystem flourished. A species form that supports an entire ecosystem.
24. What problem do the Sierra Madre Mts. cause Mexico City?
25. A cooling of the ocean surface off the western coast of South America, occurring periodically every 4 to 12 years and affecting Pacific and other weather patterns.
26. Which gas in the atmosphere is often associated with global warming?
27. Which of these is an example of an element?
28. The human diet has been enriched with native food product such as sweet potatoes, beans, tomatoes, and corn that come from
29. The ratio of different species in an ecosystem is what kind of measurement?
30. A specific type of organism or a population or a group of populations that share certain traits. In the taxonomy categories, it is the lowest and least inclusive
31. Cotton clothes we wear in
32. A person who treats sick people.
33. The ability of Earth's natural systems and human cultural systems to survive, flourish into the long-term future
34. An adaptation to competition that reduces competition between species that use the same resource is called
35. Sedimentary rocks are the largest reservoir in the ..... cycle. Human activities increase concentrations in surface water through substantial runoff of the phosphorus rich fertilizers we use to lawns and farmlands
36. What is the term for a large area of land where wild animals and plants are protected?
37. How are fossils created?
38. A structure that holds back and controls the flow of water in a river or other body of water
39. Which groups of plants are most active in secondary succession and re-establishing the native habitat
40. Legumes are plants like beans, clover, and alfalfa that have bacteria living in nodules on their roots. These bacteria fix nitrogen into a form the plant can use and in return the bacteria get nutrients from the plant as well as a place to live.This relationship can be best described as .....
41. Over time, adaptions can lead populations to experience
42. Where does most of the planet's oxygen produced?
43. What causes wind?
44. Limiting factors will cause a population to .....
45. The building is 100 feet tall.
46. Which of the following describes a front?
47. A combination of Earth's rotation and the outer core rotating around the inner core, a force field is created. This called the ..... effect.
48. The thickness of a dime is about a .....
49. Leaving out someone's opinion in an article is called bias by
50. All of the land area that supplies water to a particular river system
51. How a population changes in size during a specific period of time .....
52. Which of the following is one way a person could conserve water?
53. Scientists think that convection currents flow in Earth's
54. This picture represents a visit from?
55. The most biodiverse biome is:
56. You car was leaking oil in the driveway.
57. Which is an economic disadvantage of IPM?
58. The leaves on the tree are green, this is an example of
59. What conditions are developed in the aquatic ecosystem due to high levels of dissolved chlorides?
60. A lack of water in an area is called .....
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